Bug 246634 - KDEsudo rejects correct password with umlaut characters
Summary: KDEsudo rejects correct password with umlaut characters
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: kdesu
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdesu bugs tracker
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Keywords:
: 262317 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-08-03 20:52 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2022-09-02 14:36 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Alex 2010-08-03 20:52:03 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.2) 
OS:                Linux

kdesudo rejects my (correct) password with umlaut characters "äöü" (maybe more are affected, i just had äö in my password). 
dolphin rejected while trying to mount a ntfs volume and other apps requiring kdesudo have the same problem.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
*set password with üäö characters
*try mount ntfs volume / open synaptic or similar ...

Actual Results:  
kdesudo rejects password

Expected Results:  
same

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.32-24-generic
(Kubuntu 10.04, all current updates)
Compiler: cc

kdesudo -v
Qt: 4.6.2
KDE: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)
KdeSudo: 3.4.2.2
Comment 1 Pyroman 2010-10-01 23:31:34 UTC 
My kdesudo rejects correct password (which contains english letters only) when I try to launch any program by other user.

KDE 4.5.1
Qt 4.7.0 (final release)
Kubuntu 10.04
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2010-10-12 13:33:04 UTC 
"kdesudo" is not part of the KDE Software Compilation (only "kdesu" is), but a distribution specific addon. Please report this bug to https://launchpad.net/kdesudo
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2011-01-06 17:23:02 UTC 
*** Bug 262317 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***